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Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 764213, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/764213
Review Article

Cellular-Based Immunotherapies for Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme

Xun Xu,1 Florian Stockhammer,2 and Michael Schmitt3

1Center for Biomaterial Development and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, 14513 Teltow, Germany
2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
3Department of Internal Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Received 7 November 2011; Accepted 8 December 2011

Academic Editor: Luca Gattinoni

Copyright © 2012 Xun Xu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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